East Anglian Leak Detection
07700 102 008
East Anglian Leak Detection
Call us
Home / Norfolk / Loddon

Loddon, Chedgrave and the Chet

Leak detection in Loddon and Chedgrave

Empty holiday cottages and long pipes out to farms are typical of leak detection in Loddon. We trace each leak from the surface and check it twice.

Empty and let homes tested

Long buried pipes walked

Report for owners and insurers

Call 07700 102 008 Get a quote

Get a quote

Lines open 8am to 8pm, every day.

Loddon sits on the River Chet at the southern edge of the Broads, with Chedgrave just across the water. Boats, holiday cottages and second homes are part of life here, and some houses stand empty for spells. A leak in one can run unnoticed until a bill or letter arrives.

Beyond the town, farms and converted barns often draw water through long pipes from a meter by the road. Nobody may know the route, and an old run may have failed in more than one spot, so leak detection in rural Norfolk starts with questions: how long is your pipe, and where might it go?

Flint and red brick cottages with pantile roofs facing a village green, with a round-towered church behind, typical of a Norfolk village A farm track leading across ploughed fields to a red brick farmhouse under a wide sky, typical of rural Norfolk

Typical jobs around Loddon and Chedgrave

Cold radiators reported by guests in a holiday cottage

The property

A brick holiday cottage near the river, let by the week, with a combi boiler and radiator pipes under a timber sitting room floor.

The problem

Guests mentioned cold radiators, and the cleaner kept finding the boiler gauge near zero between bookings. No sealant had gone in.

How we found it

With upstairs valved off, the downstairs circuit still dropped. Once warm, the thermal camera picked out a hot streak between two sitting room boards, and tracer gas came up through the same gap.

The outcome

The owner saw our photographs of the marked point, agreed the quoted repair by phone and had it done while we were there. Payment was by bank transfer.

Wet grass by a dyke on a long farm pipe

The property

A farmhouse on the marshes beyond Loddon, fed by a long plastic pipe that runs from a roadside meter and under a drainage dyke.

The problem

Anglian Water's letter showed a large loss. Grass by the dyke stayed wet, so the owner blamed the dyke, and no plan showed the pipe's route.

How we found it

Length and route questions came first. In the soggy soil the ground microphone heard little, so tracer gas went in; it rose beyond the dyke's far bank, and listening there agreed.

The outcome

The point past the dyke was marked and photographed. The owners took our quoted repair, and we explained that pressure on an old pipe can bring out other weak spots.

Searching a pipe across fields

1

How far, which way

On the phone we ask how far the pipe runs and what you know of its route. An old plan or an outbuilding stop tap can help.

2

Walking the line

Once the meter test puts the loss outside, our engineer Charlie follows the likely route on foot, pausing every pace or two to listen through a ground microphone.

3

Gas to confirm

Quiet plastic pipe or soft ground can hide that sound, so a hydrogen and nitrogen mix goes in to confirm. Where it surfaces is marked and photographed, and digging starts there.

Loddon properties we are asked about

Owners of holiday lets and second homes

If you live hours away, give us the key holder's name and say who pays. We may take payment ahead, and the report is sent to you.

Farms and barn conversions on long pipes

A meter by the lane and a pipe across a paddock make a bigger search. A rough length and route let us set a half or full day price first.

Bungalow owners whose bill has jumped

A higher bill with nothing wet in sight often means the buried pipe. How many metres of pipe sit between your meter and the stop tap indoors? A rough guess helps us plan.

Tests that suit Loddon properties

Acoustic listening

Metal or plastic, a pressurised pipe hisses where it splits. A ground microphone hears it through soil and gravel, though a soft paddock or a busy road can dull it.

Tracer gas

Long plastic runs can be almost silent. Pushed through the pipe, a hydrogen and nitrogen mix finds the leak and rises out of the ground, where a detector picks it out.

Thermal imaging

Indoors, the camera shows warm water spreading from a hot pipe under a floor or behind units, once hot water has run for a while.

Long pipes and Anglian Water around Loddon

Anglian Water supplies Loddon. Its part normally stops at the meter or where your land begins, so a long pipe across your own fields is usually yours, however far it runs. Some companies offer allowances after a repair under their own rules; ask Anglian Water. Our report records what was found.

Policies for let and empty homes

Holiday lets and empty homes often sit on a different kind of policy from a family home. Check yours includes trace and access, and whether the insurer must agree to us first. The report, sent once paid, sets out the location, methods, readings and photographs; the insurer decides the claim.

Around Loddon and the southern Broads

Chedgrave faces Loddon across the Chet, and Bungay and Beccles lie to the south over the Suffolk border. Towards Norwich we cover Poringland, Brundall and Thorpe St Andrew, plus the farms and villages between.

Leak detection in Bungay Leak detection in Poringland Leak detection in Beccles Leak detection in Brundall Leak detection in Thorpe St Andrew Leak detection in Norwich Leak detection in Norfolk
Victorian red brick terraced houses on a sloping street, typical of Norwich

Leaks we trace

Water leak detection Leaking water main Central heating leak detection Leaking underfloor heating Shower leak detection Underground water leak detection Gas pipe leak detection Thermal imaging leak detection Acoustic water leak detection Tracer gas leak detection Commercial leak detection Trace and access leak detection Leak detection for landlords Water leak repair

Useful guides

Boiler overflow pipe dripping outside: what it means Damp patch on an internal wall: leak, condensation or something else? Gas meter capped after a leak: what happens next Hot water leak or cold water leak: how to tell which pipe is leaking

Common questions in Loddon

Visits are usually booked within 24 to 48 hours, so ring as soon as you can. Tell us it is a holiday let, where the keys are kept and who will settle the bill, and whether anyone can be there.

Only up to 30 m. No find, no fee on home water leaks covers one leak on a water main up to 30 m or the hot and cold supply pipes, at least half a litre a minute, where we also carry out the access and repair. Full conditions are on our terms page.

Not always. Water follows the easiest path through soil and gravel, so the wettest ground can sit some distance from the split itself. That is why we listen along the whole line and confirm with tracer gas before anyone starts to dig.

The search does not. Everything is traced from the surface, so floors and walls stay as they are. Only the marked point is opened for the repair, which is quoted separately and can usually be done while we are there.

Yes. Chedgrave is just across the river, and we cover both, along with Hales, Thurlton and the farms and hamlets around them. Lines are open 8am to 8pm, every day, if you would like to talk the job through with us first.

Empty home or long pipe near Loddon?

Call 07700 102 008 and tell us who can open up. Lines are open 8am to 8pm, every day.

Call 07700 102 008 Get a quote
East Anglian Leak Detection